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Noun: Rhincodon typus
  1. Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
    "Divers swam alongside the massive Rhincodon typus as it fed";
    - whale shark

Type of: shark

Part of: genus Rhincodon, Rhincodon

Encyclopedia: Rhincodon typus